# Any Takers on wheter aha will get Cecil to welcome him?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-takers-on-wheter-aha-will-get-cecil-to-welcome-him/18643>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 5, 2000, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-takers-on-wheter-aha-will-get-cecil-to-welcome-him/18643 "2000-05-05T05:19:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2000, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-takers-on-wheter-aha-will-get-cecil-to-welcome-him/18643/101 "2000-05-09T03:41:53Z")

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You type : cool : Except leave out the spaces between the colons and the word cool.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-takers-on-wheter-aha-will-get-cecil-to-welcome-him/18643/102 "2000-05-09T04:06:41Z")

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Cool.  
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My first name is Cecil, though I don’t use it. I’m not the most intelligent person in the universe, so I think it’s a dumb name.  
My Grandmother came from Illinois. That’s a vague connection to Chicago, and an even more tenuous connection to the Chicago Reader.  
I will offer welcomes at five bucks a pop.  
This is your chance for a sour grapes sig.

“Welcomed by a guy named Cecil with the most tenuous connection possible to the Chicago Reader.”

Be excellent to each other.

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**Author:** ![Sake\_Samurai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sake\_Samurai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sake_Samurai)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2000, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-takers-on-wheter-aha-will-get-cecil-to-welcome-him/18643/103 "2000-05-09T06:34:08Z")

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🆒

Kick-ass.

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**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2000, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-takers-on-wheter-aha-will-get-cecil-to-welcome-him/18643/104 "2000-05-09T23:04:20Z")

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Out of concern for Aha’s condition…I didn’t post. I figured it would just fuel his obsession with The Master of the Straight Dope.

And what did it get me? Nothin…I didn’t get welcomed by Cecil!

AcK!! Aha…I hope your puppy killing spree resumes over some blonde down at the laundromat!🙂

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2000, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-takers-on-wheter-aha-will-get-cecil-to-welcome-him/18643/105 "2000-05-09T23:13:21Z")

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I’ll go down to a dollar two ninety eight for a sour grapes welcome. We have established what I am, we are only haggling over the price.

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